rotary club speech

First, a correction to the name of that cool award from the Emperor. Perhaps it translates to something more like, The Order of the Sacred Treasure and Rising Sun. The neck ring thing? I dunno, maybe means something like collar. Like the name of another imperial award, something about collar of chrysanthemums. Haven't quite figured it out yet.

Rotary club speech was today. Eh, it went alright. As I suppose I could have expected, everybody was very gracious, said it was great, despite my screw ups and nervousness. I should have adjusted the mike ahead of time, because it was a tad bit too tall for me, adding to my bizarre posture and nervousness. Then I had the paper to prompt me, the computer buttons to push next, and a laser pointer to point at stuff. Wayy too many things in my hands to keep track of and look at. So it was all around somewhat awkward. Ah well, a learning experience! And I'm extremely glad for everybody who has helped me out along the way...